Synopsis
Papillion is the story of Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil’s Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon’s escape.
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Movie Details
| Netherlands Releases: |
September 14th, 2018 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
November 6th, 2018 by Universal Home Entertainment |
| MPAA Rating: |
R for violence including bloody images, language, nudity, and some sexual material.
(Rating bulletin 2512 (Cert #51209), 1/31/2018) |
| Running Time: |
133 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Prison, Prison Break, Wrongfully Convicted |
| Source: | Based on Fiction Book/Short Story |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Bleecker Street , Ram Bergman Productions, FishCorb Films |
| Production Countries: |
Malta, Montenegro, Serbia, United States |
| Languages: |
English |
November 6th, 2018
This is either an amazing week or a terrible week, depending on how you look at things. It is amazing, because there is a trio of releases I was really looking forward to reviewing: BlacKkKlansman, Incredibles 2, and Christopher Robin. It’s a terrible week, because none of those screeners showed up. I normally don’t like giving the Pick of the Week when I’m still waiting for the screener, but that’s not an option this week, so Incredibles 2 wins.
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September 6th, 2018
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No film reached the $10,000 club over the three-day weekend, but Pick of the Litter came close with an average of $9,539 in two theaters.
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August 29th, 2018
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Searching had one of the ten best theater averages for a limited release so far this year, earning an average of $43,197 in nine theaters. The film is scheduled to expand wide this Friday and this start combined with its reviews is a good omen for its box office chances. The Bookshop was well back in second place with an average of $12,000 in 4 theaters. Meanwhile the only holdover was The Wife, which held on well with an average of $11,819 while playing in 18 theaters. The film should earn some measure of mainstream success, but I’m not sure it will last in theaters long enough to earn any real Awards Season buzz. Finally, John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection wasn’t able to reach the $10,000 club over the three-day weekend, as it earned $7,878 in its lone theater. However, it was a Wednesday release and it earned $11,733 during its five-day debut.
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August 24th, 2018
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It’s a great week for limited releases, if you like documentaries, as there are four of them on this week’s list and all of them are earning good reviews. There are also a few films that earned loud pre-release buzz, at least compared to most other limited releases. However, most of these earning reviews that were mixed to good, but not great. The exception is Searching, which should be the biggest hit on this week’s list.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2018/09/14 |
5 |
$202,399 |
|
81 |
$2,499 |
$246,965 |
1 |
| 2018/09/21 |
7 |
$186,874 |
-8% |
80 |
$2,336 |
$499,203 |
2 |
| 2018/09/28 |
9 |
$118,567 |
-37% |
78 |
$1,520 |
$677,664 |
3 |
| 2018/10/05 |
12 |
$70,719 |
-40% |
69 |
$1,025 |
$779,048 |
4 |
| 2018/10/12 |
22 |
$27,989 |
-60% |
42 |
$666 |
$834,930 |
5 |
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